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Cumberland is home to Allegany College of Maryland with several other higher education institutions located nearby. Some of Cumberland's most architecturally significant homes are located in the Washington Street Historic District in the southern part of the city. The neighborhood is historically and currently a mix of residential, industrial, and commercial buildings. Points of interest within the city include the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park, Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland and Rocky Gap State Park. The largest park in the city, Constitution Park is located in the heavily forested, eastern part of the city and contains a public swimming pool, basketball courts, tennis courts, and a playground. [...] more

Obesity drug maker Orexigen Therapeutics disclosed this morning that early data from a study of its drug Contrave seem to show that not only does the medicine not cause heart attacks, as some feared, but that it may actually prevent them.

Earlier today Orexigen Therapeutics disclosed positive results from a clinical trial of Contrave, its weight loss pill (a combination of naltrexone and bupropion) that it markets with Takeda. (You can read a good summary of the findings by Adam Feuerstein on TheStreet.)

A week after Wal-Mart, America’s largest private sector employer, announced it would increase starting wages for its US employees to $9 per hour (up from $7.25), TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods followed suit. IKEA and Gap clothing have also announced pay increases recently. Some economists believe McDonalds will ultimately have to start paying read »

Forbes Media is looking for an innovative and analytical Email Marketing Associate to work closely with the Digital Marketing team to achieve subscription and revenue goals. The ideal candidate is data-driven and is responsible for developing, executing and continuously optimizing email acquisition campaigns for Forbes read »

The latter half of 2014 saw China’s central government make a series of important announcements about telemedicine, on-line sales of pharmaceuticals, and the mechanisms by which the two would be regulated. Richard Ferris and Nathaniel Lacktman, lawyers at Foley & Lardner LLP, wrote of the telemedicine regulations in particular, that they read »

In the late 70′s, if you had asked people if they wanted a Sony Walkman, most people would have said “no”. However, if asked if they needed a device that would allow them to take their favorite cassettes and radio stations with them, they would have likely said yes.

Some may dismiss the lawsuit that Dallas nurse Nina Pham has filed against Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and parent company Texas Health Resources as frivolous, one merely looking to cash in on a high-profile case. Please, resist the urge. For anyone who cares about hospital safety, this looks like an important case. read »